after delivering more forces during the next month the japanese mounted a major ground offensive on gu ##ada ##lc ##anal , led by h ##ya ##ku ##take , in late october 1942 at the battle for henderson field , but it resulted in an even more decisive defeat for the japanese . van ##de ##gr ##if ##t later stated that ka ##wa ##guchi ' s assault on the ridge in september was the only time during the entire campaign he had doubts about the outcome and that had it succeeded , " we would have been in a pretty bad condition . " historian richard b . frank adds , " the japanese never came closer to victory on the island itself than in september 1942 , on
after delivering more forces during the next month the japanese mounted a major ground offensive on guadalcanal, led by hyakutake, in late october 1942 at the battle for henderson field, but it resulted in an even more decisive defeat for the japanese. vandegrift later stated that kawaguchi's assault on the ridge in september was the only time during the entire campaign he had doubts about the outcome and that had it succeeded, " we would have been in a pretty bad condition. " historian richard b. frank adds, " the japanese never came closer to victory on the island itself than in september 1942, on